On Mar 12, 2014, at 4:36 PM, Mike Cherba <[email protected]> wrote: > I've had mixed Android devices and Xubuntu/Scientific Linux/Fedora > machines. For synchronization of certain things I just use the google > ecosystem as others have suggested. Contacts, email, etc. I run chrome on > both of my android devices and occasionally my desktop to share bookmarks > and such. For other files, I actually just use dropbox.
Spideroak is free for a couple of gigs. > I've tried > various other solutions including manually synching up the android devices > to my desktop via USB, but this seems to be the most flexible. > -Mike > > > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 1:02 PM, Bill Barry <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 12:29 PM, Chaz Sliger <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I have Ubuntu running on a desktop system >>> I'm thinking about getting a Tablet to use as a mobile computer and also >>> my old phone in dying so I thought I would upgrade to a smartphone. >>> The phone I've been thinking about getting is the Samsung Galaxy 4. >>> Perhaps coordination would be easier if I got a Samsung tablet as well? >>> Or is synchronizing inherently easy because all the devices are linux >>> based? >>> >> >> As Ronald says, syncing the apps between two Android devices is easy >> enough if you attach the same Google account to both of them. >> >> As for syncing app data, that depends on each app. >> >> For data in general, like photos, documents, etc I use an app called >> FolderSync >> >> >> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dk.tacit.android.foldersync.full >> >> It does a nice job of syncing stuff back to my Debian server for >> safekeeping or syncing stuff from my Desktop to my phone etc. I use >> sftp, but it has lots of other transfer modes. >> >> Bill >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > > > > -- > "There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make > it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is > to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first > method is far more difficult." -- C.A.R. > Hoare<http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/266154.C_A_R_Hoare> > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug — Derek Loree _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
